Bioinformatics pronunciation guide

A pronunciation guide for bioinformatics terms.

A

TermPronunciation
adenine/ˈædəniːn/
adenosine/əˈdɛnəsiːn/
alanine/ˈæləniːn/
amino acid/əˈmiːnoʊ ˈæsɪd/
angstrom/ˈæŋstrəm/
asparagine/əˈspærədʒiːn/
aspartic acid/əˈspɑːrtɪk ˈæsɪd/
adenine /ˈædəniːn/
adenosine /əˈdɛnəsiːn/
alanine /ˈæləniːn/
amino acid /əˈmiːnoʊ ˈæsɪd/
angstrom /ˈæŋstrəm/
asparagine /əˈspærədʒiːn/
aspartic acid /əˈspɑːrtɪk ˈæsɪd/

B

TermPronunciation
Bayes/ˈbeɪz/
Bayesian/ˈbeɪziən/
Bioconductor/ˈbaɪoʊkəndʌktər/
bioinformatics/ˌbaɪoʊˌɪnfərˈmætɪks/
BLAST/ˈblæst/
Boolean/ˈbuːliən/
Broad Institute/ˈbroʊd ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/
Bayes /ˈbeɪz/
Bayesian /ˈbeɪziən/
Bioconductor /ˈbaɪoʊkəndʌktər/
bioinformatics /ˌbaɪoʊˌɪnfərˈmætɪks/
BLAST /ˈblæst/
Boolean /ˈbuːliən/
Broad Institute /ˈbroʊd ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/

C

TermPronunciation
ClustalW/ˈklʌstəl ˈdʌbəljuː/
computational/ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/
contig/ˈkɒntɪɡ/
cytidine/ˈsɪtɪdiːn/
cytosine/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/
ClustalW /ˈklʌstəl ˈdʌbəljuː/
computational /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/
contig /ˈkɒntɪɡ/
cytidine /ˈsɪtɪdiːn/
cytosine /ˈsaɪtəsiːn/

E

TermPronunciation
Entrez/ˈɒntreɪ/
epigenome/ˌɛpɪˈdʒiːnoʊm/
epigenomic/ˌɛpɪdʒɪˈnoʊmɪk/
epigenomics/ˌɛpɪdʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
exon/ˈɛksɒn/
Entrez /ˈɒntreɪ/
epigenome /ˌɛpɪˈdʒiːnoʊm/
epigenomic /ˌɛpɪdʒɪˈnoʊmɪk/
epigenomics /ˌɛpɪdʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
exon /ˈɛksɒn/

F

TermPronunciation
FASTA/ˈfæstə/
FASTQ/ˈfæst ˈkjuː/
FASTA /ˈfæstə/
FASTQ /ˈfæst ˈkjuː/

G

TermPronunciation
GenBank/ˈdʒɛnbæŋk/
genome/ˈdʒiːnoʊm/
genomic/dʒɪˈnoʊmɪk/
genomics/dʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
glutamate/ˈɡluːtəmeɪt/
glutamic acid/ɡluːˈtæmɪk ˈæsɪd/
glutamine/ˈɡluːtəmiːn/
glycine/ˈɡlaɪsiːn/
guanine/ˈɡwɑːniːn/
guanosine/ˈɡwɑːnəsiːn/
GUI/ˈɡuːi/
GenBank /ˈdʒɛnbæŋk/
genome /ˈdʒiːnoʊm/
genomic /dʒɪˈnoʊmɪk/
genomics /dʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
glutamate /ˈɡluːtəmeɪt/
glutamic acid /ɡluːˈtæmɪk ˈæsɪd/
glutamine /ˈɡluːtəmiːn/
glycine /ˈɡlaɪsiːn/
guanine /ˈɡwɑːniːn/
guanosine /ˈɡwɑːnəsiːn/
GUI /ˈɡuːi/

H

TermPronunciation
haplotype/ˈhæplətaɪp/
HomoloGene/həˈmɒlədʒiːn/
haplotype /ˈhæplətaɪp/
HomoloGene /həˈmɒlədʒiːn/

I

TermPronunciation
Illumina/ɪˈljuːmɪnə/
in silico/ɪn ˈsɪlɪkoʊ/
intron/ˈɪntrɒn/
Illumina /ɪˈljuːmɪnə/
in silico /ɪn ˈsɪlɪkoʊ/
intron /ˈɪntrɒn/

K

TermPronunciation
Kraken/ˈkrækən/
Kraken /ˈkrækən/

L

TermPronunciation
leucine/ˈljuːsiːn/
leucine /ˈljuːsiːn/

M

TermPronunciation
MEGAN/ˈmɛɡən/
MetaCyc/ˈmɛtəsaɪk/
metagenome/ˌmɛtəˈdʒiːnoʊm/
metagenomic/ˌmɛtədʒɪˈnoʊmɪk/
metagenomics/ˌmɛtədʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
MG-RAST/ˈɛm ˈdʒiː ˈræst/
microarray/ˈmaɪkroʊəreɪ/
microbiome/ˌmaɪkroʊˈbaɪoʊm/
MEGAN /ˈmɛɡən/
MetaCyc /ˈmɛtəsaɪk/
metagenome /ˌmɛtəˈdʒiːnoʊm/
metagenomic /ˌmɛtədʒɪˈnoʊmɪk/
metagenomics /ˌmɛtədʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
MG-RAST /ˈɛm ˈdʒiː ˈræst/
microarray /ˈmaɪkroʊəreɪ/
microbiome /ˌmaɪkroʊˈbaɪoʊm/

N

TermPronunciation
nucleotide/ˈnjuːkliətaɪd/
nucleotide /ˈnjuːkliətaɪd/

O

TermPronunciation
ontology/ɒnˈtɒlədʒi/
ortholog/ˈɔːrθəlɒɡ/
orthologous/ɔːrˈθɒləɡəs/
ontology /ɒnˈtɒlədʒi/
ortholog /ˈɔːrθəlɒɡ/
orthologous /ɔːrˈθɒləɡəs/

P

TermPronunciation
palindrome/ˈpælɪndroʊm/
peptide/ˈpɛptaɪd/
Pfam/ˈpiːfæm/
Phred/ˈfrɛd/
phylogenetic/ˌfaɪlədʒɪˈnɛtɪk/
phylogenetics/ˌfaɪlədʒɪˈnɛtɪks/
phylogeny/faɪˈlɒdʒɪni/
protein/ˈproʊtiːn/
proteome/ˈproʊtioʊm/
proteomic/ˌproʊtiˈoʊmɪk/
proteomics/ˌproʊtiˈoʊmɪks/
pseudogene/ˈsjuːdədʒiːn/
PubMed/ˈpʌbmɛd/
purine/ˈpjʊəriːn/
pyrimidine/pɪˈrɪmɪdiːn/
palindrome /ˈpælɪndroʊm/
peptide /ˈpɛptaɪd/
Pfam /ˈpiːfæm/
Phred /ˈfrɛd/
phylogenetic /ˌfaɪlədʒɪˈnɛtɪk/
phylogenetics /ˌfaɪlədʒɪˈnɛtɪks/
phylogeny /faɪˈlɒdʒɪni/
protein /ˈproʊtiːn/
proteome /ˈproʊtioʊm/
proteomic /ˌproʊtiˈoʊmɪk/
proteomics /ˌproʊtiˈoʊmɪks/
pseudogene /ˈsjuːdədʒiːn/
PubMed /ˈpʌbmɛd/
purine /ˈpjʊəriːn/
pyrimidine /pɪˈrɪmɪdiːn/

Q

TermPronunciation
query/ˈkwɪəri/
query /ˈkwɪəri/

S

TermPronunciation
sequence/ˈsiːkwəns/
sequencer/ˈsiːkwənsər/
Swiss-Prot/ˈswɪsprɒt/
sequence /ˈsiːkwəns/
sequencer /ˈsiːkwənsər/
Swiss-Prot /ˈswɪsprɒt/

T

TermPronunciation
thymidine/ˈθaɪmɪdiːn/
thymine/ˈθaɪmiːn/
Trimmomatic/ˌtrɪməˈmætɪk/
thymidine /ˈθaɪmɪdiːn/
thymine /ˈθaɪmiːn/
Trimmomatic /ˌtrɪməˈmætɪk/

U

TermPronunciation
UniProt/ˈjuːnɪprɒt/
UniProt /ˈjuːnɪprɒt/

See also

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